Acta Medica Okayama volume74 issue6
2020-12 発行
Aoki, Hideki
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Utsumi, Masashi
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Kimura, Yuji
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Takahashi, Yosuke
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Nagahisa, Seiichi
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Nishimura, Seitaro
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Une, Yuta
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Watanabe, Megumi
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Taniguchi, Fumitaka
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Arata, Takashi
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Katsuda, Koh
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Tanakaya, Kohji
Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Cardiac metastasis originating from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a rare condition with a poor prognosis. No therapeutic standards for cardiac metastasis originating from HCC have been established. At 19 months after a curative hepatectomy, a 64-year-old Japanese hepatitis B virus-positive male patient experienced solitary cardiac metastasis originating from HCC. The cardiac tumor was discovered in the right ventricle. The patient received three courses of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and survived > 3 years after the initial diagnosis of cardiac metastasis. His case demonstrates that radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy can be an effective treatment for cardiac metastasis.